Medical Dictionary

sarcocystis

noun sar·co·cys·tis \ˌsär-kə-ˈsis-təs\

Medical Definition of SARCOCYSTIS

1
capitalized :  a genus of sporozoan protozoans of the order Sarcosporidia that form cysts in vertebrate muscle
2
plural sar·co·cys·tis or sar·co·cys·tis·es :  any sporozoan protozoan of the genus Sarcocystis; broadly :  any of the order Sarcosporidia

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